Homemade Turbo Kit
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On your old set-up what piping materials did you use? And did you powder coat the crossover and the charge pipes or is that for heat retention? Looks increadible. What is that before the FMIC? Small A/W intercooler or a muffler?
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The hot side is Mild Steel 2 1/4"-2 1/2" Turbo Inlet Tubing the Black is VHT which works very good as long as you perp your tubes good 3" Downpipe, Wastegate recirculated The I/C tubes are mild steel Powdercoated The 4"aluminum you see below the I/C is for the Blow through Mass You need a Good section of stright to control the air flow and the truck ran flawless . The new setup the hot side is the same Just Ceramic Coated and I made made a set of Headers customizeing another set of Headers and changeing the Flange to cobra Fl
anges
The motor now is a 4.6 With cobra Heads and Crank Fully Built and cryo treated and The I/C tubes are 3" aluminum
Iam useing a Tial wastegate and Blowoff Valve
anges The motor now is a 4.6 With cobra Heads and Crank Fully Built and cryo treated and The I/C tubes are 3" aluminum
Iam useing a Tial wastegate and Blowoff Valve
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Originally Posted by Stampede4ever
Is that a 5.4 4v? Any hp/tq numbers, et?
Thanks.
Thanks.
very important to have a awsome tune . I have turned the boost up to 18 PSI didnt get dynoed but it was awsome but you get greedy and keep turning the boost up until toal distruction .24PSI and boom it all came apart Than 9 months later we have the fully built 4.6 cobra motor with iron block This new set up put down 670 rwh and 750 fpt around 14psi I havent ran it at 14 psi on the street only 10 Psi and I HAVENT BEATON IT I just moved to st paul mn and in the process of selling it any other question let me know
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